Gender, race, religion, faith? Rethinking intersectionality in German feminisms Abstract Despite the recent wave of scholarship on intersectionality, as well as a surge in feminist scholarship on Islam in German feminist studies, feminist research has yet to...

“They informed some people that stereotypes were rare and told others that stereotypes were common, then asked for their perceptions of women. Those who read that stereotypes were common rated women as significantly less career-oriented and more family-oriented....

Gender, race, religion, faith? Rethinking intersectionality in German feminisms. European Journal of Women’s Studies. Despite the recent wave of scholarship on intersectionality, as well as a surge in feminist scholarship on Islam in German feminist studies,...

After Alves picks up a banana thrown at him at eats it (watch it here) sparking a social media campaign with the slogan “We are all monkeys.” Unbeknownst to Alves, teammate Neymar had been planning such a campaign already as a response to his experiences...

The everyday microaggressions I experience as a black woman in Berlin | Bim Adewunmihttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/08/black-woman-in-berlin? The everyday microaggressions I experience as a black woman in Berlin Bim Adewunmi: I had already noticed...

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Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture

"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]